A 6$ meal at the Burleigh Heads...

And him?...common

And how could I miss them?

How could you ever expect me to not meet him in Australia?...here at David Fleay's Wildlife Park.

To call a cab, just look out for one of these boxes and drop a 2$ coin (make sure to collect your bill) ...the nearest cab around would be at your service and the amount would be adjusted against the rent.

I am kind of satisfied with whatever I achieved...it's the morning of 23rd March, 2005...am not at the Southport District Courts to see the finals between Hong Kong and Australia...am here for two more days and and should make the best of the time left...here at the Burleigh Heads.

That's it for me.If only my co-mooter had been there...but then no man can change is destiny.Can he?Receiving my certificate from Dr.Brian Fitzgerald, Head, School of Law at QUT. Dr. Fitzgerald specialises in technology laws and had drafted this years moot problem...check out his profile at http://www.law.qut.edu.au/about/staff/lsstaff/fitzgerald.jsp

The Queen of Hearts

At Mano's, an Italian restaurant...That's Queenie Lau, the Chinese girl with a British accent...she is a law graduate from Cambridge and is currently in University of Hong Kong for the course that would make her eligible to practice in Hong Kong where her parent's live...I remember telling her as we walked along that she would go home with the best mooter prize...She instead told me that she was looking forward to meeting me in the semi-finals...my prediction turned out to be true...and hers...well, I missed out to the International University of Malaysia by just 8 marks after two moots...However, I couldn't stop myself from pulling Ira'a leg as I had beaten them in the preliminaries...she smiled back but I guess I had hurt her...had no intention though...

Queenie wants to be a politician and is very possessive about Tibet...Chairman Lau?...who knows?...was wonderful talking to her over the dinner.

The participants just before heading for the dinner ceremony where the certificates would be handed out and the semi-finalists announced.

Certainly not a rare sight there...but I was too exited to care for those cold looks people threw while I captured this one.

The camera was placed on a similar table few yards away as the self-obssessed maniac had just taken his seat after adjusting the timer mode.

Self-obsessed maniac on his way back to the apartment...on a jogging track that ran along the beach...that right hand is sticking out and the camera happens to be in it.

Loitered at the Mirage till the Sun was out again...

The Southport Yacht Club was just across.

Came out on the road soon and came across this dock at the estuarine waterfront area as I walked towards the Marina, a shopping arcade.

If....

If only I were one amongst these...I could have carelessly strolled on these sublime beaches while men who had travelled thousands of miles to see us would be left gaping as we spread our wings and vanished into the skies over the enormous pacific on cloudy autumn afternoons like these...If only...

Some food for my thoughts!

By now, I have perfected the art of clicking my own pictures by sticking the camera out and looking away as the camera is being clicked...I love being alone...yes, I am not a very people person...and here amongst the sea doves, the pacific, the wandering clouds and the bikni clad girls who passed by, am in a state of absolute bliss!!!

After loosing out to the University of Malay (by a whisker though) on the morning of 22nd March, had nothing much to do...the semi-finalists would be announced at a dinner ceremony in the evening...am free to wander till then...am back at the beach near Chidori Court, an inn where we were put up.

That's not a movie set!

A state of the art court room at the Southport District Courts...Yet again, I was left pondering on my providence as I gazed at the Gold Coast skyline through the crystal clear glass panes....standing by the jury box here...Australia has jury trials like US and unlike India.

One for the History Books

Around 8:00 PM...The gentlemen standing to the left didn't wear the usual black and white as he was emulating the Australian lawyers who need not stick to any colours....and after beating this Malaysian team of four which had come there after winning in their national rounds (defeating the National University of Malaysia), he is completely in the world of 'vanity struck' and is on the verge of taking off owing to the surplus of air in his cerebral alleys. From left to right(sitting)....Justice Marshall from the Supreme Court of Fiji, can't recall this Judge's name...was from Southport District Court, and His Hnour Judge Rakemann from the Fedral Court of Australia...(standing)..Myself and the International Islamic University of Malysia Team...Ira and Abida (two girls in the middle) were the mooters.

The air head got deflated next morning after getting beaten by the University of Malay...For an official version of what happened check the Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Law Website at http://www.law.qut.edu.au/about/moots/lawasia/index.jsp for more details check out the University of Hong Kong website which came out with a press release after winning the Competition(http://www3.hku.hk/law/upload/images/sy/LAWASIAMootPressRelease-May2005.pdf).